JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
THE TRAIL OF TEARS
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The tribes had to leave their land and move west.
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The Cherokee took their case to the Supreme Court
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A forced Indian removal was called “The Trail of Tears”.
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The Seminole moved west peacefully and happily.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Which did not occur as a result of the Indian Removal Act? New treaties were created with the federal government.
Detailed explanation-2: -More than 46, 000 Native Americans were forced-sometimes by the U.S. military-to abandon their homes and relocate to “Indian Territory” that eventually became the state of Oklahoma. More than 4, 000 died on the journey-of disease, starvation, and exposure to extreme weather.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Indian Removal Act was signed into law by President Andrew Jackson on May 28, 1830, authorizing the president to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders. A few tribes went peacefully, but many resisted the relocation policy.